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Hyperionyx Bowman 1973

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Description

Genus Hyperionyx Bowman 1973

Remarks

This genus is monotypic. It is readily distinguished by the relatively short pereopod 5, and in having pereonites 1–3 fused in both sexes. Virtually nothing is known regarding the biology, and there are not records of associations with gelatinous plankton.

It seems to be a rare circum­tropical genus. It has been recorded from the Mediterranean Sea (Stephensen, 1924), the tropical Atlantic Ocean, off Florida (Yang 1960), the South Atlantic Ocean, off South Africa (Dick, 1970), the Gulf of Mexico (Stuck et al. 1980), the tropical Pacific Ocean, near Fiji (Hurley, 1960b) and the Indian Ocean (Bowman & McGuinness, 1982). I have also seen specimens from the tropical south­west Indian Ocean (Galathea Stn. 230), the tropical South Pacific Ocean, near Panama (Dana Stn. 3960) and the Tasman Sea, off eastern Tasmania (SAMA).

Species: Hyperionyx macrodactylus (Stephensen, 1924).

Notes

Published as part of Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2004, A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 567 on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.567.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5259734

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03931615EC51FFD3FEDFFA11FC5CFE00

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.567.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5259734 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFAA6E6DEC70FFF1FFD7FFF8FF92FFAE (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/41C7D868-7BD9-46F4-94F1-EBEA427E2836 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03931615EC51FFD3FEDFFA11FC5CFE00 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/184952252 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/4802/taxon/03931615EC51FFD3FEDFFA11FC5CFE00.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Lestrigonidae
Genus
Hyperionyx
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bowman
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Hyperionyx Bowman, 1973 sec. Zeidler, 2004

References

  • Stephensen, K. (1924) Hyperiidea-Amphipoda (Part 2: Paraphronimidae, Hyperiidae, Dairellidae, Phronimidae, Anchylomeridae). Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908 - 10 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas, 2 (Biology-D 4), 71 - 149.
  • Yang, W. T. (1960) A study of the subgenus Parahyperia from the Florida Current (genus Hyperia; Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean, 10 (1), 11 - 39.
  • Dick, R. I. (1970) Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) Keys to South African genera and species, and a distribution list. Annals of the South African Museum, 57 (3), 25 - 86.
  • Stuck, K. C., Perry, H. M. & Fish, A. G. (1980) New records of Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the North Central Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Research Reports 6 (4): 359 - 370.
  • Hurley, D. E. (1960 b) Pelagic Amphipoda of the N. Z. O. I. Pacific cruise, March 1958. New Zealand Journal of Science 3 (2), 274 - 288.